Mosquito-canopy



(No Model.)

A. H. EVA

MOSQUITO CANOPY. N0. 463,163. I Patented Jan. 19, 1892..

. mi I INVENTOR showing the folding bed closed.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

ADDISON I-I. EvA, OF AUsTIN, TEXAS.

MOSQUITO-CANOPY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,163, dated January19, 1892'.

Application filed May 11, 1891. Serial No. 392.293- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDISON H. EvA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in MosquitoOanopies; and Ido hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding bed to which my improvementshave been applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view Fig. 3 is asimilar sectional view showing the bed open and partly broken away.

The invention relates to mosquito-canopies.

The objects of my improvements are to provide a folding bed with amosquito net or canopy which will automatically fold up within the bedwhen the latter is folded and which will in like manner unfold and comeinto position over the bed when the latter is let down. To do this in asimple, cheap, and efficient manner is the object of my invention.

The invention therefore consists in the following construction andcombination of parts, which will first be fully described in detail, andthe features of novelty believed to be new then set forth in the claims.

In the drawings a folding bed is shown, in which 1 is the base orstationary part.

2 is the stationary bed-casing and outer vertical frame of a foldingbed.

3 is the folding bed-frame proper, and 4 the pivots upon which it works.

5 represents the usual paneling and glass of the wardrobe style of bed.

6 is the movable head-board, hinged to the movable bed-frame and adaptedto be raised when the bed is down and lowered when the bed is folded up.

7 is a rod extending across the top of the head-board and movingtherewith.

8 are guideways formed in each side of the upright bed-casing, withinwhich the project ing ends of the rod 7 enter and work.

9 are two vertical rods pivotally connected at their lower ends to theextremities of the rod 7.

' 10 is still another rod attached at each end mate in a similar manner.are provided with a back to the bed-casing,

to the upper rear edge of the stationary bedcasing in suitable eyes orbearings.

11 are two rods attached by eyes or other pivotal fastenings to therod'lO, as shown, at right angles thereto. These rods 11 form the sidesof the canopy-top frame.

12 is a rod connecting the outer ends of the rods 11, forming one end ofthe canopy-top, and 13 are the screw-eyes making such connections.

The guideways 8 extend from the lowest position of the upper portion ofthe headboard 6 to the upper end of the bed-casing 2 along the rear edgethereof. The canopy or netting is attached in the usual way to the rodsforming the canopy-top.

15 is a rod attached to and connecting the upper ends of the twovertical rods 9, the ends of which work in the vertical guideways 8, andit is to this rod that the rear of the netting is fastened.

' WVhen the bed is folded u p, the head-board is down, and the rods 7,9, and 15 are also depressed. The rods 11 hang down also upon thepivotal rod 1 the folded bed. When,however, the be ered or unfolded, thehead-board is raised, causing the rods 7, 9, and 15 to move verticallyupward in the guideways S. The upward movement of the rod 15 causes itto impinge against the sides of the canopy-rods .11, causing them toswing upward into position upon the pivotal rod 10 and to be there helduntil the bed is folded, which causes the automatic folding again of thecanopy.

Where my invention is applied to beds having no movable head-board, Iattach the rods to the movable bed-frame itself, so as to op- Where,also, beds the rod 10 may be hung operatively within the casing. In likemanner I may modify my construction so that my improvements may beapplied to any style of folding bed.

As before stated, the rear of the canopytop netting is secured to rod 15and the front to rod 12. It will be observed that when the canopy isfolded the rods 12 and 15 are nearer to each other than when the deviceis unfolded. This construction enables me to attach the canopy-topnetting to said rodsin a loose manner, the unfolding of the bed causingthe netting to become distended by the recedence of the rods from eachother. The

strain upon the netting consequent to canopy- 5 tops which arepermanently stretched is obviated, and, what is of more value, thecanopy may be taken off and put on the frame by unskilled hands forlaundering or repairs, owing to the peculiar construction heretoforepointed out.

I am aware that folding umbrella-top canopies have been long in use.Such constructions I do not claim.

Another advantage is that the rod 15, which is the highest pointto whichthe canopy is attached, is, when the canopy or bed is folded, broughtdown to a point where the netting may be-reached for the purpose oftaking it oif or replacing the same through the back of the bed.

I claim furthermore- 1. The combination of a bed-easing, a canopy-framehinged thereto, a folding bedframe, a raising-frame hinged theretoprovided with a horizontal bar constituting the rear side of thecanopy-frame and having a sliding contact with said canopy-frame, meansfor guiding said raising-frame, and a netting attached to thecanopy-frame and to said horizontal bar,substantially as herein shownand described.

2. The combination of a bed-casing, a canopy-framehinged thereto andadapted to fold downwardly when closed, a raising-frame hinged to thefolding bed-frame, provided with a horizontal bar constituting the rearside of the canopy-frame, having a sliding contact with saidcanopy-frame, and also adapted to be lowered when the bed is closed, andmeans for guiding said raising-frame, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADDISON II. EVA.

\vitnesses:

II. G. Wroxns, W. C. VALENTINE.

